kudzu (01-05-2019), ThatOwlWoman (01-05-2019)
Harvested ginger today. Got about ten times as much as I planted which seems pretty good considering it is my first attempt and my location is less than ideal for the length of a full growing season needed for the stuff. Downside is I don't especially like ginger that much except in Ale form. Guess I will need to google some recipes.
kudzu (01-05-2019), ThatOwlWoman (01-05-2019)
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Was bored. Took a pix of onions. Then weeded the bed because the picture is not flawlessly staged like real internet gardeners
kudzu (01-05-2019)
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
ThatOwlWoman (01-05-2019)
Mountains of seed catalogs have been arriving by mail the last couple of weeks. Time to start dreaming and planning. What are you all thinking of this year?
leaningright (01-05-2019)
No idea what I will be into yet come spring. I will probably do the usual suspects and let the walking onions and greenhouse be my new things this time around the sun. Two hurricanes and 180% of our average annual rainfall have left me with plenty of non-growing things to do. Might start working some out at my 100 acre woods since guy who rents one side of the road said he might not have time to farm it this year.
Maybe harvest some timber for firewood to use or sell? Did you get your greenhouse built, or is that a summer project?
I've given up on bell peppers; even in the hoop house they were unspectacular. So far the plans are for the walking and regular onions (planted last fall), garlic (ditto), tomatoes (will start from seed this year to MAKE SURE to get the variety I want *swears at nursery who switched tags*), wax and black beans, peas, zucchini, the annual herbs, and now that it's legal here.... that other herb as well. We have a neighbor living with prostate cancer; the CBD oil and the chaga (on one of our birch trees) really helps him out.
I could have the 100 acre woods timbered (It is really more about 50 acres of woodland and the rest fields in various stages, but I refuse to on just principal. It is divided by a road and I have rented one side to a guy who farmed it and the other side to an equestrian group. I plan to eventually move there one day but the house needs to be replaced. Right now, new construction isn't a real good return on investment and it is not ideally situated for our current work commutes. I am also waiting to bank the money to do what I want to do with it and tackle the construction all at once. Right now, it just needs some TLC maintenance like reworking some of the of roads, bushhogging etc.
You can just buy it in the supermarket veg section. It is the same stuff. I bought mine at Lidl. Just soak it a day before you plant it to get any growth inhibitor they put on it off. I don't know about your area and your situation as far as outdoors, but some people bring it in in the winter and use it as a house plant from what I have read. I planted mine in containers in March and it took a long while for it to appear above ground. By containers I mean 42 pound cat liter buckets with drain holes drilled in the bottoms. Kept it sheltered but outside until frost date passed and then let it do its thing. I didn't bring it indoors but sheltered it outside from early frost on a porch and let it die back naturally. I have too much crap to bring in in winter as is which is part of the reason I am in the process of building a green house. I really hate plants inside because they are a lot of work when you don't have great lighting conditions for them and they are ever growing. People just give me crap as fast as I can give it away.
ThatOwlWoman (01-06-2019)
‘Tis the season ... for starting the garden stuff. Planting tomato seeds this week. Will be putting out cabbage and onion sets in about three weeks. It is beginning.
I saw Mrs. Owl say something about seed catalogues above...yes, a “mountain” of them is an apt description. I have save seed from heirloom plants this year and with any luck I’ll not have to buy any seeds. The only non-heirloom seeds I use are straight neck yellow squash. I’m not a fan of the crook necked variety and they’re the only true heirlooms I can find.
ThatOwlWoman (01-06-2019)
Irish Exit (01-06-2019)
Already with the cabbage? We won't even have leaves on the trees here till the end of May or early June! Have you ever purchased from Native Seeds?
https://shop.nativeseeds.org/collect...pkins-zucchini
No, I’ve never bought any seeds from that company. I’ll have to check them out.
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